by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The Saskatchewan Indian Culture Centre’s First Nations Language Keepers Conference is taking place this week in Saskatoon. Thursday morning’s keynote speaker was Don Thornton of Thornton Media. The Las Vegas-based company provides First Nations language-teaching...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Some people in northern Saskatchewan are unhappy with the Nutrition North Program which recently received more federal funding. The program is designed to cut down on the high cost of food, but only Fond du Lac, Stony Rapids and Black Lake are on the list of...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The NDP opposition continues to pressure the provincial government to call a coroner’s inquest into the death of a homeless man who died earlier this month in Saskatoon. The body of 42-year-old Jerry Peequaquat was found in the cab of an abandoned semi-trailer in the...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The Onion Lake Cree Nation is taking the Harper government to court over the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. Chief Wallace Fox filed a statement of claim Wednesday in the offices of the Federal Court in Edmonton. The controversial act requires First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Prince Albert Grand Council says Rob Clarke needs to “get the right facts” before making comments about First Nations accountability. In an appearance last week on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, the northern Saskatchewan Conservative MP said...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The City of Prince Albert is leading the way in the province in terms of First Nations representation on its police force. According to the Saskatchewan Police Aboriginal Recruitment Committee, more than 30 per cent of the city’s police force is of First Nations...
